Why the study?
Does ischemic postconditioning improve the recruitment of endothelial progenitor cells in patients with STEMI?
Does ischemic postconditioning improve the recruitment of endothelial progenitor cells in patients with STEMI?
Ischemic postconditioning following PCI does not improve the mobilization of endothelial progenitor cells in patients with STEMI.
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Ischemic postconditioning does not mobilize EPCs after STEMI PCI; confirms neutral effect on this endpoint in an RCT.
Jung et al. (2012) studied this question.
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